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Arthur Cecil Hufton















Hufton, Arthur Cecil, Sapper, 48350, 459th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Born Derby
Enlisted Derby
Died of wounds 28th May 1918 aged 24
Son of James and Emma Hufton, of 52, May Street, Derby
Buried in Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, I, E, 1

1911 Census
A newspaper compositor's apprentice
Son of James, a railway carriage works labourer, and Emma Hufton, of 52, May Street, Derby

Derby Daily Express, 4th October 1915:
Arthur Hufton was employed as a linotype operator at the Derby Daily Express, had enlisted soon after war was declared, and had been serving in France ‘for about four months’ at the time of this newspaper report.

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